Public art is not the only sculptures
Doug Alcock is known for. He is a full time artist
and is kept very busy providing his neighbor,
Predator Ridge Golf Course and its property
owners with his artwork.
“We lost a beautiful piece of land and
privacy with that development, but my art sales
soared. Whenever they want to sell a unit and
put a show home together, they use some of
my art for decorations. I do architectural
details and metal work, wine cellar gates, steel
mantel pieces, glass shelf units, brackets, and
window grills. The new unit owner gets the
option to buy the metal artwork on display, or
buy additional sculptural pieces like the hawk
and its prey (see image on next page). I have a
good relationship with my neighbor and
definitely got over losing our privacy once I
realized the volume of work I was going to get.”
Where to from here?
“I am experimenting with a
combination of glass and steel sculptures with
another artist. I want to explore the play of
light and shadow you get from these two
elements.

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“I also feel I only have so many pieces
of art within me. I am slowing down a bit. My
work is getting smaller in scale and I started to
change the process by looking at different
materials. I want to try working with nonferrous material like copper and brass, or use
discarded material, like silver plates people
don’t want to polish anymore. This poses new
challenges like using silver solder instead of
forging . What this all means is that my work
will become lighter and quieter.
“I still fall asleep at night thinking of
what I am going to do the next day though.
There is not a lot of separation between my
every day life and my work. One flows into the
other.
“Nowadays I also think more and more
about the environment. My process has not
been very environmentally friendly, so I try and
give back as much as I can. I plant 300 trees a
year and we grow our own vegetables. We
heat our house with wood, we compost our
horse manure, and we grow organic food. We
work hard to live the change we want to see.”
Doug Alcock can be contacted by email at
alcockdj@telus.net
More images of his work can be viewed on his
website: http://alcockart.com